Steve,
What width rim? How wide a tire does your frame allow you to go?
My quick ranking, having used them in the 38-60mm range:
1. Barlow (38 std casing). Most supple - like butter, quietest, easiest to
mount.
2 G-One (2” and 2.4”) second most supple, very slight hum on pavement, but not
That's interesting that these beefy-seeming tires roll as well as
extralight Compass tires; I guess that what makes the difference is that
they are tubeless? I know that when I briefly ran Kojaks tubeless (ghetto
setup), they felt like the Compass Elk Pass with tubes.
Question: after much
HI,
I use Schwalbe’s on most of my bikes. The G-Ones are my favorite tires. I use
them in the road version and gravel versions. I have them from 25mm to 50mm.
The tires seems heavy duty but ride as good as the condom-thin tires. I feel
very secure on the Schwalbe’s and get a great fast ride.
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I want to replace the tires I currently am running on a bike I use only
about a quarter of the time. The bike is a 1990s era Bianchi Axis. It is
currently set up with 700c x 37 Schwalbe Marathons (the original). I want
to go a size larger which I believe the bike will accommodate. I also
